About the book: 2024 / London, 1601. Shay is a seer from a mysterious community who predicts the future using cards and flocks of birds. Peerless is the star of the legendary Blackfriars Theater, a brilliant actor from a troupe of boys performing for the London nobility. Their chance meeting changes the lives of both. Shay is fascinated by the theater, fascinated by Peerless, and increasingly trades life in her home community for his company and the rooftops of London. Together with friends, they create the Phantom Theater - an underground troupe that puts on incredible performances in the most unexpected places of the city. The growing fame of the Phantom Theater attracts the attention of the queen and provokes an uprising of the poor and outcasts. And Shay and Peerless find themselves drawn into a whirlpool of power and intrigue... A novel from the bass guitarist of the rock band Suede. The author writes for such authoritative publications as The Guardian and The Independent.